For nearly half a century, Grady McWhiney has stood in the foremost ranks of Civil War historians, receiving numerous honors and helping prepare a new generation of historians to carry on the task of understanding and interpreting the Civil War. Here, McWhiney presents a concise narrative that, says fellow historian John C. Waugh, "is comprehensive but still sings." Says Eugene Genovese: "Grady McWhiney provides a responsible, judicious, well-balanced guide to the principal issues and personalities of America's most painful period." McWhiney's book, he suggests, "is a corrective to...
For nearly half a century, Grady McWhiney has stood in the foremost ranks of Civil War historians, receiving numerous honors and helping prepare a new...
Ball's circumstances and experiences allowed him to glimpse the war through two sets of eyes, that of a loving husband, and of an increasingly disillusioned physician. The inclusion of Ball's medicinal recipe book is the first of its kind to appear in print completely annotated. Readers will find themselves educated about the medical and herbal lore of that era.
Ball's circumstances and experiences allowed him to glimpse the war through two sets of eyes, that of a loving husband, and of an increasingly disi...
Donald S. Frazier, author of the award-winning "Fire in the Cane Field," expands up his "Louisiana Quadrille" with the release of book two, "Thunder Across the Swamp: The Fight for the Lower Mississippi, February-May 1863." The better known stories of the campaigns for Vicksburg and Port Hudson grow richer and more nuanced by taking a look at the fighting west of the river as part of a larger picture.
Donald S. Frazier, author of the award-winning "Fire in the Cane Field," expands up his "Louisiana Quadrille" with the release of book two, "Thunder A...
The West Texas frontier has been a crossroads of humanity for thousands of years. This book tells the epic story of the region and its many transitions throughout the centuries. It traces the struggles and triumphs of many groups as they tried to tame the region for their own purposes.
The West Texas frontier has been a crossroads of humanity for thousands of years. This book tells the epic story of the region and its many transition...
"Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi" takes a well-known story, the struggle for control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War, and recasts it as a contest for control of African-American populations. The Emancipation Proclamation may have freed the slaves, but the task of actually moving these liberated people into the Union lines and directing their labor to the benefit of the Union fell to the Federal army and navy. Control of the Mississippi has often been cast in economic terms. This book, by examining the campaigns from west of the river,...
"Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi" takes a well-known story, the struggle for control of the Mississippi River in...
Helen Dupuy, a French-speaking teenager living in Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, noted with horror the coming invaders. The first Yankee gunboats passed Donaldsville May 4 at 11 A.M., she wrote in her diary. Her home lay just a few miles from the Mississippi River, and word quickly arrived that Union sailors were confiscating sugar, cotton, and other contraband of war. The realities of her new situation soon became apparent and ominous: Then began the most awful pillaging. Award-winning author Donald S. Frazier has revised and updated his award-winning book, "Fire in the Cane Field: The...
Helen Dupuy, a French-speaking teenager living in Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, noted with horror the coming invaders. The first Yankee gunboats passed ...
